San Francisco, 1846-1856: From Hamlet to City

San Francisco, 1846-1856: From Hamlet to City
ISBN-10
0252066316
ISBN-13
9780252066313
Category
History
Pages
406
Language
English
Published
1974
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Author
Roger W. Lotchin

Description

Kathleen Gregory Klein traces female paid, professional private investigators in British, Canadian, and American novels, revealing that the detective novel is both a reflection of and potential barrier to social change for women. This edition adds sixty new female private eyes to the roster and includes an afterword that assesses the current state of the genre's new and old novels. A comprehensive bibliography and a character list update the field through mid-1994.

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